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Charndon

Coordinates:51°55′05″N1°01′26″W / 51.918°N 1.024°W /51.918; -1.024
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Hamlet in England

Human settlement in England
Charndon
Charndon
Charndon is located in Buckinghamshire
Charndon
Charndon
Location withinBuckinghamshire
Population862 {2011 Census including Calvert}[1]
OS grid referenceSP6724
Civil parish
  • Charndon
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townBicester
Postcode districtOX27
Dialling code01296
PoliceThames Valley
FireBuckinghamshire
AmbulanceSouth Central
UK Parliament
51°55′05″N1°01′26″W / 51.918°N 1.024°W /51.918; -1.024

Charndon is ahamlet andcivil parish in theAylesbury Vale area ofBuckinghamshire, England.

Name

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The hamlet'stoponym combinesBrittonic andOld EnglishGermanic origins, as is common with other places in this part of the country (seeBrill andBow Brickhill). It means "cairn hill",cairn being a Celtic word for a ceremonial hill or pile of stones. TheDomesday Book of 1086 records the hamlet asCredendone.

History

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Charndon was once a part of theBuckingham Hundred.

During World War Two aVickers Wellington Bomber Aircraft crashed West of the Hamlet, killing all on board.[3]

Within the hamlet of Charndon is theCharndon Grounds estate, once the site of a largecountry house.

References

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  1. ^Neighbourhood Statistics 2011 Census, Accessed 3 February 2013
  2. ^"Location of Mid Buckinghamshire".parliament.uk. July 2024. Retrieved18 July 2025.
  3. ^"Ankers, Ronald Thomas".International Bomber Command Centre - Losses Database.Archived from the original on 21 August 2023. Retrieved21 August 2023.

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